Mednax (NYSE: MD) announced the acquisition of DeKalb Anesthesia Associates, P.A., a physician group practice that provides anesthesia services at DeKalb Medical at North Decatur and DeKalb Medical at Hillandale in Decatur, Ga. The practice will become part of MEDNAX’s American Anesthesiology division.

DeKalb Anesthesia Associates was founded in 1961 and is a private group practice consisting of 13 anesthesiologists and 33 anesthetists, providing anesthesia services across a wide spectrum of subspecialty areas. DeKalb Anesthesia Associates has been the only group to provide anesthesia services to DeKalb Medical for more than 50 years. Further, MEDNAX’s Pediatrix division currently provides neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) services at DeKalb Medical.